Shamardal Colt Breaks His Maiden in Style at Caulfield

A valuable prize here in the final metropolitan 2yo race of the season in Melbourne for the lightly raced Shamport who looks to have an exciting future judging on his two and a quarter length win in Saturday's $150,000 Join Victorian Breeders VOBIS Gold Ingot (1400m) at Caulfield.

Among the best to begin for Craig Williams, Shamport raced handy to the pace set by the Mick Price trained stablemates Chiyou and Liu Bei.

When Williams asked for the supreme effort, the response was immediate and Shamport cleared away over the last furlong to win by two and a quarter lengths from Confluence (Denman) with Mulk (Sepoy) three-quarter of a length back to in third.

Making his second start, the son of former shuttler Shamardal (USA) was well fancied at his career debut at Echuca when third behind Onehundred Percent and Crystal Spirit.

Trainer Darren Weir said jockey John Allen was critical of his own ride in that event.

"We liked him from day one. He ran really well and John was really critical of his ride, he said he should have taken control of the race early and he probably would have won," Weir said.

"John Foote selected him for a really good client, Peter Law, who has invested quite a lot of money so it's nice to get a result for him. "We've got some lovely yearling and two-year-olds coming through. Peter is a Hong Kong owner so obviously some of them will probably end up over there.

"The good part about today was that the further they went the further he got stronger through the line. He ended up winning quite easily. Once he steps up to a distance his pedigree suggests he'll be a really nice horse.

"We will definitely press on with him. In the last couple of months we have opened up our farm so he will go up there for three weeks, have a bit of a freshen up go on the water walker, keep him ticking over and he'll be back in the spring for sure."

Shamport was a $320,000 purchase by John Foote Bloodstock / Darren Weir Racing out of the Rosemont Stud draft at the 2016 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.

He was imported in utero after Rosemount purchased his dam Port Providence for 40,000 guineas at the 2012 Tattersalls December mare sale.

The dam of three winners in Great Britain, Port Providence (Red Ransom) is an unraced half-sister to four stakes-winners headed by that gamest of stayers, Persian Punch.

Twice winner of the Group II Goodwood Cup as well as the Doncaster Cup, Prix Kergorlay and three editions of the Henry II Stakes, Persian Punch's list of Group I placings include the Melbourne Cup twice, Ascot Gold Cup twice, Irish St Leger and Prix du Cadran.

Port Providence is also a half-sister to the unraced Bourbonella the dam of Group I Prix du Moulin de Longchamp winner Aqlaam (Oasis Dream).

A yearling I Am Invincible colt out of Port Providence was purchased by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott Racing for $280,000 at this year's Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.

Port Providence has a weanling colt by Sacred Falls and was covered by Rosemount Stud's resident stallion Nostradamus last spring.

Farms all over the country are preening and primping for next week’s Magic Millions festival in the hope of selling the big fish, and one farm that keep growing out the killer whale is Victoria’s Rosemont Stud.

Rosemont Stud’s Anthony Mithen and his family were certainly still well and truly on their high after the win of their beloved Tigers in the AFL Grand Final when they had reason for yet more celebration on Sunday.

Rosemont Stud master Anthony Mithen has been able to to increase the book of veteran stallion Starcraft three-fold with his "toss the boss" promotion after buying out Arrowfield Stud for the 2017 season.

The first race on day one of The Championships at Randwick on Saturday went the way of the Victorians as Hugh Bowman guided the Starcraft gelding Property to the easiest of wins in the Group 3 Kindergarten Stakes (1100m).

It's been a red-letter weekend for Rosemont Stud after the emerging Victorian nursery landed the feature AgVantage UAV VOBIS Gold Rush at Bendigo on Saturday when Speed Street (Al Maher) lead all the way to land the $137,500 first prize at Bendigo whilst Rosemont's resident stallion Starcraft notched up his 17thstakes winner when Property took out the Group 3 ATC Kindergarten Stakes at Randwick.

In the 2016 Group Three CS Hayes Stakes, Palentino was first across the line but ultimately relegated to second following a successful protest from Tivachi’s jockey. Palentino then went on to capture the Group One Australian Guineas at his next start, this time surviving a protest from the runner up, Tarzino.

Michael Christian is no stranger to success in the sporting arena. A premiership player with Collingwood in 1990, Christian is also a highly regarded media commentator and owner of thoroughbred multimedia company, Sirecam.

When he started thumbing through the catalogue for the Goffs Breeding Stock Sale, held in Ireland last week on the 18th and 19th of November, Rosemont Stud's Anthony Mithen didn't expect to find a mare closely related to the all-conquering Redoute's Choice.

A spur of the moment decision when collecting a horse bought at auction paid dividends for trainer Karen Parsons when flying filly Starvoia started her career in the best possible fashion at Riccarton on the weekend.

"It seemed like the perfect way to thank him. Astro Castro is a horse that I will always follow and always remember and now he will have a little brother or sister by my stallion Nostradamus which is even more special..."

Talented stakes-winning sprinter miler Forum Floozie was never quite as good as her globe-trotting five-time Group 1 winning half-brother Starcraft, but she was good enough for Darley to add her to their broodmare band

Rosemont Stud principal Anthony Mithen stuck to what he knows when securing two of the premium offerings during the broodmare session of the New Zealand Bloodstock National Weanling, Broodmare and Mixed Bloodstock Sale.

Champion Sprinter Starspangledbanner will return to Coolmore Australia for the 2016 season having stood the last three southern hemisphere seasons at Rosemont Stud in Victoria where he was also foaled and raised

What a ride the ownership group of Tarzino (NZ) have had with the Tavistock three-year-old colt storming, first the G1 VRC Derby in the spring, and secondly dominating the G1 Rosehill Guineas. And that is before Saturday’s pinnacle of the $2m, G1 BMW Australian Derby.

The opening race at Caulfield on Wednesday was won in decisive fashion by progressive Starspangledbanner colt Mr Individual, a $240,000 Magic Millions purchase from the draft of Three Bridges Thoroughbreds

Bought at the 2015 Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale for $1,5 million by Rosemont Stud / Blue Sky Bloodstock, Group I winning mare Amanpour looked worth every penny as she strode clear for an easy trial win at Randwick on Friday morning.

UK Racing Post have reported Starspangledbanner’s Australian season of covering to Northern Hemisphere time has proven successful with 16 mares in foal to the fertility challenged, but highly successful sire.

Australian owned Starspangledbanner colt Home of the Brave, bought from the 2013 ARQANA Deauville Yearling Sale, scored an exciting win overnight at The Curragh where he downed globe-trotting Group I winning sprinter Gordon Lord Byron to win the Group 3 Minstrel Stakes.

A Royal Ascot star last year when she won the Group II Queen Mary Stakes, slick three year-old filly Anthem Alexander found her best form at Naas in Ireland overnight to win the Group III Racing Post Lacken Stakes.

The extraordinary stud record of Starspangledbanner continued overnight at Newmarket racecourse in the UK where his very promising three-year-old colt Home Of The Brave bolted up in the Listed European Free over 1400m.

With the 2015 Magic Millions Yearling Sale conducted today, February 12 at Launceston’s Inveresk Showgrounds, it was extremely rewarding to see that the progeny of Toorak Toff were once again well received in the ring.

In one of the hottest years for first season sires in recent memory, son of Show a Heart and multiple G1 winner Toorak Toff more than held his own with the first of his yearlings on offer at the Magic Millions last week.

The news that multiple G1 winner Al Kazeem is back in training was a clear case of history repeating itself. Jessica Owers looks back at Australian champion Starspangledbanner, who – like Al Kazeem is set to do – has led an extraordinary life of second comings.

With the 2014 Inglis VOBIS Gold Sale completed for another year and the Magic Millions National Sales on the horizon, it is a timely reminder for the success of Rosemont Stud bred, raised and sold horses when you take a look back at recent results.

With the 2014 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale done and dusted for the year, Rosemont Stud were ecstatic with the results achieved for our clients and the farm itself with 23 of the 24 yearlings we took to the sales going home with new owners

With a draft of 16 yearlings taken to this year’s Magic Millions Yearling Sale, it was great to see that 14 of them found new homes, with the likelihood of the remaining two finding homes in the coming weeks.

With six sold during the premium sessions of the 2014 Magic Millions yearling Sales (Days 1 to 4), Rosemont Stud’s Starspangledbanner came up trumps, leading the first season sires on average yearling sale price.

With a positive test to Rosemont Stud’s dual Group One winner Toorak Toff, the Vettori mare Coablo could have a very good Spring if the Randwick barrier trial victory this morning of her daughter Arabian Gold is anything to go by.

With the impressive Listed victory on Saturday June 22 of Stratum filly Enquare winning the Breakfast Creek Hotel Stakes at Eagle Farm over 1400m, it was also a celebration for Rosemont Stud who owns Skewiff, the dam of the filly who is currently in foal to their resident sire Toorak Toff.

On the eve of this year’s G1 Diamond Jubilee, we take a look back at the victory of Rosemont Stud’s new stallion recruit Starspangledbanner, winner of the 2010 G1 Golden Jubilee to reveal just what an impressive victory it was.

Foaled and raised at Rosemont Stud, 2yo Purrealist gelding Purrcolate produced an encouraging performance at only his second start, winning the Parker Bros. Earthmoving Maiden over 1412m at Seymour on June 15.

Sitting in the top five stallions on the Singapore General Sires table for this season based on winners, Rosemont Stud’s G1 Golden Slipper winner Danzero produced a race-to-race double on Friday night.

While a massive congratulations goes out to Troy Corstens, John Sadler and Malua Racing on the G1 Stradbroke victory of the ghostly grey Linton, Rosemont Stud are glad to have played a small part in the victory…

Having spent the past week on the Gold Coast attending the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale, Rosemont Stud walked away with 25 mares, the largest purchaser by number outside Magic Millions as agent.

As Rosemont Stud heads towards the 2013 Inglis Great Southern Sale with an extensive draft of weanlings and broodmares, please take the opportunity to have a read of the below which highlights a selection of the Broodmare draft that we have prepared for the sale.

As Rosemont Stud heads towards the 2013 Inglis Great Southern Sale with an extensive draft of weanlings and broodmares, please take the opportunity to have a read of the below which highlights a selection of the Weanling draft that we have prepared for the sale.

Rosemont Stud will present an outstanding select draft at the 2013 Easter broodmare sale at Newmarket.
Selling the first mares in foal to Toorak Toff, Rosemont has three mares in foal to the multiple Group One winning sprinter, including young stakes performed mares Eramor (Stratum) and Very Cherry (Anabaa).
A major highlight on the draft and indeed the Super Select session on Tuesday is the half sister to Golden Slipper place getter Sweet Idea, selling in foal to young gun stallion Wanted.
See the draft in Sydney this Easter.

In what was a coming of age of sorts, Rosemont Stud sold seven from seven main session yearlings at the Magic Millions Gold Coast averaging more than $110,000 to ensure there were plenty of smiles at the Bundall sales complex for all involved.

A star-studded trio of mares have just about finished an extended spell in the picture-perfect surrounds of Rosemont Gnarwarre near Geelong. Multiple Group One winners Mosheen, King’s Rose and Absolutely have called the beautiful farm home for several months as they prepare for life after racing … and life on other shores

On the day the team at Rosemont took their 100th mare booking for dual Group One winner Toorak Toff, Inglis bloodstock gurus Simon Vivian and Ian Baird gave the freshman stallion a ringing endorsement.

The feel good story of the Autumn carnival has touched plenty, but it would be fair to say that they'll be a fair old Shindig in Ceres town over the remarkable win of Shinzig in the CF Orr stakes on Saturday.

In 2007, Rosemont Stud burst onto the yearling scene in a big way. With a small but quality draft for the Melbourne Premier sale, the fledgling stud set up shop along the “Hollywood Boulevarde” of Oaklands junction – the famous Barn D row.